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Game Recap
LAK3
FinalThu, Mar 20, 2025Every game that night
CHI1

LAK beat CHI 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 2.83 expected goals to 1.39. LAK outshot CHI 33 to 17. J. Edmundson had 4 shots on goal against our projection of 1.1. D. Kuemper stopped 16 of 17.

Team Stats

LAKCHI
33Shots on goal17
2.83Expected goals1.39
60Shot attempts42
295v5 shots on goal13
0/2Power play1/4
19Hits22
10Blocked shots8
8Penalty minutes4
11Giveaways15
3Takeaways7

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 2.83 xGCHI 1.39 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdLAK goal, 8:45LAK goal, 9:44CHI goal, 10:50

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

LAK31 on goal, 2 scored
CHI17 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. MooreLW101501+2015:371:03
A. TurcotteC101110+148:050:07
Q. ByfieldRW0003100018:301:26
A. KopitarC0000020018:140:49
A. KempeRW0003000017:480:59
K. FialaLW0002200016:381:20
P. DanaultC000100+2016:051:11
A. LaferriereRW0001010215:510:12
A. KuzmenkoLW0001000015:121:04
W. FoegeleLW000320+2014:210:55
S. HeleniusC000140+109:220:00
T. JeannotLW000230+108:380:00
V. GavrikovD011120+2220:500:08
J. EdmundsonD101411+1018:550:00
J. SpenceD011000+1014:280:09
D. DoughtyD000212+1024:061:05
M. AndersonD0001130023:240:00
B. ClarkeD000210+1016:161:22
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Kuemper17161.94160:00Win
D. Rittich000–0:00

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. BedardC101100-1022:384:43
T. TeravainenC011000-1019:324:25
T. BertuzziLW011000-2015:274:41
R. DonatoC000110-1021:424:39
I. MikheyevRW0000000017:471:20
F. NazarC0001220016:391:37
J. DickinsonC0002200014:030:00
N. FolignoLW000120-1013:420:00
J. VelenoC000231-2013:010:00
C. DachC000022-1011:271:21
L. SlaggertLW000100-109:310:00
L. ReichelLW000200-109:171:10
A. VlasicD000220-1223:332:59
W. KaiserD000021-1021:350:12
E. Del MastroD0002300017:370:00
A. LevshunovD000110-2217:373:03
C. MurphyD0001120017:160:00
A. MartinezD000010-1015:000:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Knight32302.93858:36Loss
A. Soderblom000–0:00

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreLAK 3.3, CHI 2.5LAK 3, CHI 1
Total goals5.84
Shots on goalLAK 30.6, CHI 23.5LAK 33, CHI 17
Win chanceLAK 63%LAK won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
LAK A. Kempe3.030.93037%0
LAK K. Fiala2.920.90032%0
LAK W. Foegele2.530.60024%0
LAK A. Laferriere2.310.46020%0
LAK T. Moore2.250.60124%1
CHI R. Donato2.210.66024%0
CHI C. Bedard2.110.70122%1
LAK Q. Byfield2.030.72022%0
LAK P. Danault1.810.62020%0
CHI I. Mikheyev1.600.40019%0
LAK A. Kuzmenko1.510.67028%0
LAK D. Doughty1.520.62012%0
LAK B. Clarke1.520.4107%0
CHI F. Nazar1.410.41016%0
CHI T. Bertuzzi1.400.48120%0
LAK A. Kopitar1.400.82024%0
CHI T. Teravainen1.400.66121%0
CHI N. Foligno1.310.38015%0
LAK V. Gavrikov1.210.3416%0
LAK M. Anderson1.210.3106%0
CHI L. Slaggert1.210.24012%0
CHI C. Dach1.100.31012%0
LAK J. Edmundson1.140.2315%1
CHI C. Murphy1.110.2205%0
CHI A. Vlasic1.020.2905%0
CHI W. Kaiser1.000.2005%0
CHI J. Dickinson1.020.30014%0
LAK A. Turcotte0.910.2519%1
CHI L. Reichel0.920.28010%0
LAK J. Spence0.900.2713%0
CHI E. Mastro0.820.2307%0
CHI J. Veleno0.820.20010%0
CHI A. Martinez0.800.2106%0
LAK T. Jeannot0.720.19010%0
LAK S. Helenius0.610.1307%0

Shots on goal: 19 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 fewer than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.